Surface Book - keyboard and mouse freeze up

Anonymous
2015-10-31T19:53:35+00:00

Today is my first day where i have worked about 6 hours on this new machine. The keyboard and mouse has locked up 4 times where i had to reboot the machine to get it working again.  Last night it froze two times and today it froze 4 times. The onscreen keyboard would work but that is worthless when you're actually working.

I did turn off Bluetooth to disable the pen and the surface mouse - and will continue to monitor BUT this is pretty disappointing.

If anyone at MSFT actually reads this, i'm happy to send logs.

Last freeze 2:45 pm CST (not to self - if i need to look it up).

Damon

Surface | Surface Book | Power and battery

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Anonymous
2016-02-05T14:29:58+00:00

Hi Pr2459.

I'm sorry to hear about the issues you're experiencing.

What I would like you to try is what we call a 2-button shutdown, instructions below.

Step 1: As your Surface is powered on, press and hold the Power-button for 30 seconds.

Step 2: Press and hold the volume up-button and the power-button at the same time for atleast 15 seconds, then release both.

The Surface logotype might flash on the screen while performing this step, but just keep both buttons pressed for the 15 seconds.

Step 3: Wait for about 10 seconds after you released the buttons.

Step 4: Start your Surface again by pressing and releasing the Power-button.

Let me know if this solves your issue.

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Anonymous
2016-02-14T15:55:42+00:00

I have exactly the same issue - keyboard and trackpad stop working. When this occurs the only keyboard key that functions is the Detach key. Detaching and re-attaching the clipboard from/to the keyboard base temporarily solves the problem. I have seen this happen waking from sleep and hibernate as well as spontaneously while browsing a website. I have applied all the updates, cleaned the connectors, etc. The symptom suggests (to me) that the clipboard has lost communication with the keyboard base. It happens to me roughly 2-3 times per day.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-02-28T17:53:57+00:00

    $1,350 at Microcenter about May or June of 2016.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-05-27T21:02:09+00:00

    FYI, with the latest Windows 10 Fast Ring Insider build, I still experienced a Surface Book keyboard freeze.

    Putting the Book to sleep, then waking it up worked as a workaround.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-05-19T20:18:31+00:00

    Does the keyboard/mouse freeze still happen to you? It just occurred a few times to me in the last couple of days. I hadn't had this for a very long time. Sometime detaching and re-attaching the keyboard didn't bring keyboard back either (used to).

    Happens to me ALL the time.  Ever since the Feb update.  When I move the screen, it freezes for 10 seconds and sometimes I have to reboot.

    I've cleaned the connectors as suggested and performed a clean install.  No change. 

    When I detach and reattach pushing down harder sometimes it don't get the issue again for the rest of that session.  Then it happens when I boot it up again.

    But it NEVER happened until the Feb update.

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